The New York State Office of Emergency Management will be working closely to monitor the impacted areas and to assist counties with ongoing rescue and recovery efforts.Local state of emergency declarations:

Village of Ilion, Herkimer CountyTown of Chesterfield, Essex CountyTown & Village of Middleburgh, Schoharie CountyHerkimer CountyTown and Village of Herkimer, Herkimer CountyVillage of Mohawk, Herkimer CountyTown of Elizabethtown, Essex CountyTown of Johnsburg, Warren CountyVillage of Sherburne, Chenango CountyTown of Johnsburgh, Warren CountyMontgomery CountyTown of Minden, Montgomery CountyTown of Whitesboro, Oneida CountyTown of German Flats, Herkimer County

Cuomo is overseeing state mobilization including:

New York State Police deployed a Huey helicopter with divers, and an airboat with dive team, to assist Montgomery and Herkimer counties.

State Police personnel from Troops G and D have been mobilized to various upstate county locations, and an Incident Command Post and forward air base has been established at Nelliston Park in Ft. Plain, Montgomery County.

Office of Fire Prevention and Control Task Force II and other swift water rescue assets are operating in Herkimer County.

New York National Guard has deployed high axle cargo vehicles and soldiers to assist Herkimer County in flood response operations.

In addition, the American Red Cross has opened a shelter for displaced residents in Herkimer and Oneida counties at the Mohawk Valley Community College, 1101 Sherman Drive in Utica.

Other shelters will be opening for displaced residents in Oneida Castle, Taberg and Sylvan Beach at 217 Cedar Street (Oneida Armory) in the City of Oneida, and at the Harry Hoag School at 25 High Street in Fort Plain (Montgomery County).

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From Facebook user Gay Olcott:

Elizabethtown, NY

From Facebook user Gay Olcott: Photos from Footbridge Lane this morning and after it went down.

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